So I'm *thinking* about buying a tri-axle dump

You will probably not be able to get a bank to finance it for you unless you can take out a personal loan or signature loan, normally at a much higher interest rate. Also having a huge down payment may help. I had a 95 Volvo and 3 diffrent banks told 2 diffrent potential buyers they wouldn't finance a truck that old. My brother ended up buying it and just paid cash. You may have better luck than my two guys did, They were never even given the chance to fill out the application.
Good Luck either way.

I have heard somthing about peer to peer loans. Possibly check that out on the web.

 

I think around 15 is a more realistic number for that truck. Construction is kinda slow and we are heading into winter.

It's a 17 year old truck, and 600 K for a dump truck is getting pretty close to needing at least an inchassis rebuild.

If that thing has a Cat in it, that could end up being quite expensive. It's nothing to wrap up 5-6 G in parts on a 3406 rebuild. If you had to pay a shop to do it, you would be better off parting out the truck.

The aluminum body can be a real negative too. Not really much good if you want to have the option of working construction

 

I wouldn't hesitate to buy a 600,000 mile truck. I would have a dyno test done to see what kind of shape the engine is in.

 

What I worry about is with that old of a Cat, is if it is getting ready to leak coolant around the crevice seals at the bottom of the liners. If the previous owners took care of the coolant it could be ok, but If they never checked and treated the coolant, you could be in for a very expensive repair.

And don't forget, those 600 K miles are dump truck miles, they are not like OTR miles

 

Finding a properly specked out triaxle dump in this area with an air ride is going to be a bit tough. Watch out for the converted tractors. For the most part they are poorly engineered POS.

An air ride cab wouldn't work for you?

 

Yeah I know the area well. I spent a lot of my youth there sliding down boney piles on old car hoods and riding dirt bikes in the old strippings.

You know that air ride doesn't work as well off road as a Camelback, or a walking beam.

That being said, I run around your area a lot. My truck has a Hendrickson on springs, and no air ride cab. I understand how much it sucks to get beat up all day